USFWS National Digital Library

- Piping Plovers
- Shorebirds; Coastal environments; Wildlife refuges; Threatened species;
- Two piping plovers in flight at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts.
- Images
- Piping Plovers eating on the beach
- Birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- Two Piping Plovers on the beach feeding. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of its...
- Images
- Piping Plover
- Coastal environments; Shorebirds; Wildlife refuges; Threatened species; Birds;
- Piping plover walking through sand at Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts.
- Images
- Piping Plover
- Birds; Wildlife refuges; Threatened species; Shorebirds; Migratory birds;
- Young piping plover standing in water at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Southern end of Assateague Island, Virginia.
- Images
- Piping Plover
- Birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- Piping plover guards its egg in the sand.
- Images
- Piping Plover
- Birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- Piping plover standing on beach
- Images
- Piping plover
- Birds; Endangered species; Migratory birds; Threatened species;
- The piping plover is designated as both endangered and threatened depending upon its location.
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- Piping plover
- Birds; Endangered species; Migratory birds; Threatened species;
- The piping plover is designated as both endangered and threatened depending upon its location.
- Images
- Piping Plover
- Birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- Piping plover walking on a New Jersey beach. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of...
- Images
- Piping Plover walking on the beach
- Birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- This Piping Plover walking on the beach. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of its...
- Images
- Piping Plover walking along the beach
- Birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- This Piping Plover on the beach. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of its neck....
- Images
- Piping plover on beach
- Birds; Migratory birds; Shorebirds; Threatened species;
- Piping plover walks on New Jersey beach. The piping plover is a small, stocky, sandy-colored bird resembling a sandpiper. The adult has yellow-orange legs, a black band across the forehead from eye to eye, and a black ring around the base of its...
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- Newly born Caribbean roseate terns
- Birds; Threatened species;
- Roseate tern breaks out of its shell
- Images
- Golden-cheeked Warbler (=wood)
- Birds; Endangered species; Perching Birds
- Golden-cheekedWarbler (=wood) perched on an evergreen branch.
- Images
- Caribbean roseate terns
- Birds; Threatened species;
- Two Caribbean roseate terns; one standing on rock and another with wings up
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- Caribbean roseate terns
- Threatened species; Birds;
- Roseate terns standing on rocks
- Images
- Caribbean roseate terns
- Birds; Threatened species;
- Flock of terns in flight
- Images
- Caribbean roseate terns
- Threatened species;
- A flock of roseate terns flying over water
- Images
- Caribbean roseate terns
- Threatened species;
- A flock of roseate terns flying over water
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- Caribbean roseate terns on nesting grounds
- Birds; Threatened species;
- A colony of roseate terns nesting on the ground
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